AFP MCC world cricket committee Chairman Mike Brearley has said the threat of an Ashes boycott by Australia players is a “serious” concern amid fears of a “looming crisis” for Test cricket as a whole. A bitter pay dispute between Australia’s board and players saw the two sides unable to reach an agreement before last…

AFP MCC world cricket committee chairman Mike Brearley has said the threat of an Ashes boycott by Australia players is a “serious” concern amid fears of a “looming crisis” for Test cricket as a whole. A bitter pay dispute between Australia’s board and players saw the two sides unable to reach an agreement before last…

AFP Australia’s George Bailey led from the front on Tuesday, with the Hampshire captain’s century the centrepiece of a huge total against Surrey in the First Division of the English County Championship. Bailey’s 161 was the third and largest hundred in the visitors’ imposing first-innings score of 648 for seven declared on the second day of…

AFP Vernon Philander believes South Africa have the resources to cope without two senior batsmen when the first Test against England starts at Lord’s on Thursday. Proteas captain Faf du Plessis will miss the match as he spends time at home with his wife after the birth of the couple’s first child. Meanwhile former skipper AB…

AFP Former Pakistan batsman Ramiz Raja has urged the International Cricket Council to set aside a two-month window solely for Test matches in a bid to preserve the longest form of the game. While crowds for Tests in countries such as England remain strong, Raja, a member of the influential MCC world cricket committee, fears…

AFP A new England era will start when Joe Root captains the Test side against South Africa at Lord’s on Thursday. Root was appointed in February after Alastair Cook, still in the team purely as an opening batsman, stood down but this week’s match will be England’s first Test since the change of skipper. England…

MS Dhoni is considered one of the best finishers in limited-overs cricket. But over the past couple of years, his finishing skill have been questioned with alarming regularity. After India’s loss to West Indies in the fourth ODI where Dhoni scored a fifty off 108 balls, his slowest in ODIs, questions are being raised again…

There are billions of cricket fans all over the globe! Right from an 8-year old kid to someone in his 60s, everyone follows cricket. Consequently you can’t define a meticulous age group for the lovers of this obsessive sport. In addition to that over the past decade, the number of individuals who are taking up…

For Sachin Tendulkar, Sir Viv Richards and the 1983 World Cup win was the reason why he took up cricket. Over the years as Tendulkar made a name for himself and received demi-god status in the cricketing world, budding players emulated Sachin and looked up to him as their role models. It gave birth to…